Animal Anomalies - What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal About Normal Development

Highlights what we know about the pathways pursued by embryos and evolution, and stresses what we do not yet know.

List of contents

Preface; Part I. Frogs: 1. The introspective frog; 2. Two-headed tadpoles; 3. Extra-legged frogs; Part II. Flies: 4. The double-jointed fly; 5. The four-winged fly; 6. The naked fly; Part III. Dogs: 7. The Shar-Pei; 8. The bully whippet; 9. The Great Pyrenees; Part IV. Cats: 10. The blotched tabby; 11. The Siamese cat; 12. The calico cat.

About the author

Lewis I. Held, Jr. is Associate Professor of Developmental Genetics in the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University. He is a fly geneticist who has taught human embryology for 35 years. He studied molecular biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, 1973), investigated bristle patterning under John Gerhart at the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1977), and conducted postdoctoral research with Peter Bryant and Howard Schneiderman at the University of California, Irvine (1977–86). This is his sixth scholarly monograph, following Models for Embryonic Periodicity (Karger, 1992), Imaginal Discs (Cambridge, 2002), Quirks of Human Anatomy (Cambridge, 2009), How the Snake Lost its Legs (Cambridge, 2014), and Deep Homology? (Cambridge, 2017).

Summary

This book explains animal anomalies of all kinds. It focuses on development and its physical mechanisms, as well as evolution and its historical perspective. It is intended as a supplement for courses in developmental biology at the undergraduate or graduate level, for specialized seminars, honors classes, and capstone courses.

Product details

• Authors: Jr Held
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108819749
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81974-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, MEDICAL / Genetics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, molecular biology, Zoology & animal sciences, Medical Genetics, Cellular biology (cytology), Developmental biology, Zoology and animal sciences